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J.D. Martinez or Bust: Red Sox Now at Risk of Falling Flat in Critical Offseason

Let's imagine the 2017-18 MLB offseason is a beach. Now let's imagine the New York Yankees are kicking sand in the face of the Boston Red Sox.

Sorry, Massachusetts faithful. That's how it's gone thus far.

The Yankees added a seismic slugger when they acquired National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins. They're poised to assume supremacy in the American League East with a potent lineup anchored by Stanton, American League Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge and catcher Gary Sanchez.

That trio alone could plausibly launch 150 home runs in 2018.